SEM Link was awarded a Dreyer's Foundation Small Grant to Support SF Bay Area programs

Dec. 21, 2010 - PRLog -- Science, Engineering and Mathematics Link Inc (SEM Link) was awarded a Dreyer's Foundation Small Grant Award to Support its San Francisco Bay Area Programs. This funding will support our Math and Science Career Academy programs which include a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Career Fair and Exhibition.
         

The Dreyer's Foundation is based in Oakland, California and it the charitable arm of Dreyer's Inc, a Nestle company. The company was started in 1928 with an ice cream shop on Grand Avenue in Oakland and now has 6,000 employees globally.
The Foundation makes small grants ($1,000 or less) and donates ice cream products and gift certificates/auction items to bona fide nonprofit organizations for events. These proposals are reviewed on a monthly basis. " I'm excited that SEM Link was chosen to receive this grant award to support our Math and Science Career Academy" said Tokiwa T. Smith SEM Link Executive Director and Founder "The Dreyer's Foundation has supported several San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits; so I'm glad that we are now among that list of nonprofits"

SEM Link is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, founded in 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia, that promotes student achievement and career exploration in math and science for K-12 students by connecting them with individuals with backgrounds in science, engineering and mathematics. SEM Link has a two-core program model, Experimental Design Program and Math and Science Career Academy, that provide students with opportunities to develop their math and science skills by enhancing the classroom learning experience and teaching them skills that are transferable to other areas of life. Since its inception SEM Link has enhanced educational experiences for over 1000 Metro Atlanta youth through hands on math and science activities, career exploration and exposure to real world applications of math and science.  In January 2010, SEM Link expanded its programs to the Bay Area to enhance the educational experiences for Bay Area youth.

For more information about SEM Link’s programs, contact Ms. Tokiwa T. Smith, Executive Director and Founder, by e-mail at tokiwa.smith@semsuccess.org or by phone at 888-600-6294. For more information about the organization, visit our website at www.semsuccess.org.

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.SEM Link is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, founded in 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia, that promotes student achievement and career exploration in math and science for K-12 students by connecting them with individuals with backgrounds in science, engineering and mathematics. SEM Link has a two-core program model, Experimental Design Program and Math and Science Career Academy, that provide students with opportunities to develop their math and science skills by enhancing the classroom learning experience and teaching them skills that are transferable to other areas of life. Since its inception SEM Link has enhanced educational experiences for over 1000 Metro Atlanta youth through hands on math and science activities, career exploration and exposure to real world applications of math and science. In January 2010, SEM Link expanded its programs to the Bay Area to enhance the educational experiences for Bay Area youth.